1 - 1953 January 1. The ground covered with snow, a brilliant sun, and not a cloud in the sky. Did some reading but mostly loafed. Ag and I drove to Hardscrabble Rd. in Chappaqua to the home of Burt McBride, a senior editor of Readers Digest. A gathering of reactionaries it looked like: Vivian Kellems, Lucile 1 Crane, Jerry Swinehart {Carl Byior & Associates) and a lot of others Hung Yur s•s gift. Looks V.P. January 2. Robert Schumann was not only a musician but a very goo...